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IN THE FIRST OF OUR TWO-PART SERIES ON I El(N THE FIRST OF OUR TWO-PART SERIES ON)El Salvador, free-lance journalists Sara Miles and Salvador, free-lance journalists Sara Miles and Bob Ostertag chronicled the ARENA party's rise to state Bob Ostertag chronicled the ARENA party's rise to state power through the shiftingpower through the shifting sands of a society at war. In this sands of a society at war.

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Joe Schneider
Half a year after guerrillas attacked Half a year after guerrillas attacked thethe La Tablada army barracks on the La Tablada army barracks on the outskirts of Buenosoutskirts of Buenos Aires last January Aires last January 23,23, the event remains an enigma. Ele- the event remains an enigma.
Ron Ridenour
Standing crouched over home plate, crouched overhome plate, the sturdythe sturdy blond kid spits into his thick blond kid spits into his thick handshands and rubs the saliva into his bat. and rubs the saliva into his bat.
Sara Miles & Bob Ostertag
Commander Francisco Jovel (nom de guerre Roberto Roca) is one of five members of the FMLN General Com- mand. He was interviewed in April.
Deborah Levenson
Twenty-nine year old Jos6 Rolando Twenty-nine year old Jose Rolando Pantaleon was playing soccer in front Pantale6n was playing soccer in front ofof his house in Guatemala City on his house in Guatemala City on Sunday July 6, when three men stepped Sunday July 6, when three men stepped out of a car with polarized windows and out of a car with polarized windows and draggeddragged him away. Later that day his him away.
Sara Miles & Bob Ostertag
Hector Recinos is a founderHector Recinos is a founder of the National Federation of the National Federation of Salvadoranof Salvadoran Workers (FENASTRAS) and one of the few orkers (FENASTRAS)aand one of the few su?-viving leaders of the labor movement of the 1970s. He surviving leaders of the labor movement of the 1970s.
Cuba: The Test of Time by Jean Cuba: The Test of Time by Jean Stubbs, Latin America Bureau, Lon- Stubbs, Latin America Bureau, Lon-don, 1989, distributed by Monthly don, 1989, distributed by Monthly Review Press, $17.50 (cloth), $8 (pa- Review Press, $17.
Sara Miles & Bob Ostertag
Commander Leo Cabral is a member of the Political Cabral is a member of the Political Commission of the General Command of the FMLN. He was Commission of the General Command of the FMLN.
Submissions for On the Record may besent to The Editor, Report on the Ameri-cas, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 454, New York, NY 10115. WhatWhat No Mirrors? No Mirrors? "Behind the smoke, you will see "Behind the smoke, you will see that a paradise is forming for foreign that a paradise is forming for foreign investors.
Joe Schneider
As the press has no access to the the press has no access to the imprisoned members of the Mi'?, the fol- imprisonedmembers of the MTP, the following interview is drawn from written lowing interview is drawn fi-om written an.swers to questions submitted in June answers to questions submitted in June s ta thezi law) e, s via their lawyers.
FMLN COMMANDER LEO CABRAL LEANED forward in his chair to make his final point. As a COMMANDERin his chair to LEOmake CABRALhis final point.
TIME OFTEN STRETCHES OUT LONG AND slow in El Salvador,slow in El Salvador, as it has for OFTEN STRETCHESas it has for centuries.OUTcenturies.
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FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, PUERTO RICO'S POLI-tics have revolved around the search for dignity in itsrelationship with the United States. The Bush Administra-tion's intention to hold a plebiscite on the island's politicalstatus in 1991, has raised hopes that this issue could beresolved once and for all.
Sara Miles & Bob Ostertag
THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE URBAN MILITIA spoke in tense whispers during a secretive meeting in spoke in tense whispersYOUNG MAN FROMduringTHEa secretive meetingURBAN MILITIA in thethe capital late last year: "The objective conditions for an capital late last year: "The objective conditions for an insurrectioninsurrection are given. The insurrectionary moment can are given.